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Offline madgrizzleTopic starter

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Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« on: October 10, 2017, 12:43:41 PM »
I counted approximately 21 A2000's, 3 A1000, maybe 1 A500, 7 monitors and tons of software and accessories..  What was this guy doing with them??

https://southbend.craigslist.org/sys/d/commodore-amiga-holy-grail/6339385713.html
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2017, 01:32:33 PM »
Quote from: madgrizzle;831560
I counted approximately 21 A2000's, 3 A1000, maybe 1 A500, 7 monitors and tons of software and accessories..  What was this guy doing with them??

https://southbend.craigslist.org/sys/d/commodore-amiga-holy-grail/6339385713.html


Not Holy Grail - Holy Sheet.  20K??  He is crazy.
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2017, 01:35:27 PM »
Some hoarder probably died. At least the stuff didn't immediately get tossed in the trash by an uncaring family or estate. :(
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2017, 01:38:14 PM »
His therapist is helping him with his hoarding compulsion.
How about just piece out as needed to whoever wants to buy.

I need a 2000 motherboard buddy.
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Offline kreciu

Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2017, 01:38:16 PM »
One of Amiga.org users is retiring ;). Look at this GAMES collection!
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2017, 01:41:09 PM »
Woah!  It reminds me of when my local Amiga store went out of business.  He put the whole lot up on eBay.  That was a sad day.  But like Mike said, thankfully these aren't being trashed.
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2017, 01:46:45 PM »
That's less than 50 miles from me. All I need is a couple of keyboards though.
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2017, 02:00:01 PM »
I'll be about 100 miles from him this weekend... but $20k?  That's an investment I'd likely never see again, not to mention transport.  Or maybe that TV show about retro computers could buy up a bunch (then bin them after the episode.)

I hope this all goes to someone who can appreciate it.  I wouldn't mind the games -- that's a load of WHDLoad fodder right there.
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2017, 02:12:07 PM »
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His therapist is helping him with his hoarding compulsion.
How about just piece out as needed to whoever wants to buy.

I need a 2000 motherboard buddy.


I've got a full ECS Rev 4.4 that I went over and was going to sell here soon. I jest you a PM as well ;)
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2017, 03:02:57 PM »
He might have been able to pick up a bunch of the machines from a school or college. The one college I went to had two class rooms full of Amiga 2000s when I went there for animation. Think they sold them as a one big lot.
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2017, 03:07:09 PM »
Again with monitors and keyboards stacked on top of each other and boxes being crushed. Always pains me to see such sights. sigh  

Looks like sumguy got kicked out of his own house. Wifey had enough of his hobby!   :laughing:
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2017, 04:39:51 PM »
It was a storage locker find.  I suggested to him he post on ebay and amibay to see if someone with the cash would pay for it (warned him of the battery corrosion issue).  Also suggested to him that he probably would have to break it up.  I wish I lived nearby, I'd love to go see it.
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« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2017, 04:48:19 PM »
It always astonishes me that someone could have a collection like that, and *not* be active or known in the forums.  I guess they must've really been some kind of recluse.  Also, +1 for the batteries probably being toast.  :(
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2017, 05:01:41 PM »
I hope he's open to offers.  There's likely a good percentage which is not damaged beyond recovery and it would be a shame to see all this go into the skip.

That said, I have found that far too many times I can't GIVE shyt away just for the price of shipping... sadly, I have thrown a good bit of Amiga and Commodore equipment into recycle :(

More sadly, I've come to regret throwing out my old Commodore/Amiga CRT monitors. I couldn't get anyone to take them and I couldn't keep moving them around anymore.
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Re: Holy Moly - Craigslist Ad
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2017, 05:15:51 PM »
That Fate of Atlantis box looks mint so that must be worth £30+ on its own! Shame it is not going to be seperated up as I have friends in Indiana.:-(
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